unnaturally in vogue this
month,’ commented the
Penny Illustrated Paper as it
reported on Webb’s ten-hour
swim between Gravesend and
Woolwich on 12 July 1878.
Webb, accompanied by two
‘Gravesend boatmen’, dived
in at 7 a.m., reached
Woolwich just after midday,
turned with the tide and swam
back to Gravesend. He
covered around forty miles,
‘probably the longest distance
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